Freda Diesing

Freda Diesing
Born
Marie Alfreda Johnson

2 June 1925
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Died4 December 2002
NationalityCanadian
EducationVancouver School of Art, Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art
Known forwoodcarver, totem carver
MovementNorthwest Coast art

Freda Diesing (2 June 1925 – 4 December 2002) was a Haida woman of the Sadsugohilanes Clan,[1] one of very few female carvers of Northwest Coast totem poles and a member of the Council of the Haida Nation of British Columbia, Canada. Her Haida name is Skil Kew Wat, meaning "magical little woman."[2]

  1. ^ Acland, Joan Reid (2001). First Nations artists in Canada: a biographical/bibliographical guide, 1960 to 1999. Montreal: Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art = Institut de recherche en art canadien Gail et Stephen A. Jarislowsky. pp. 108. ISBN 0889473803.
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